Subsidizing public transit is good policy and free rides are a way to do it that reduces friction and short circuits a lot of Bad Discourse. Free busses make a lot of sense, subway fares a little more defensible (you have a better collection mechanism)
Secretary of Defense RockAs some have pointed out, free transit isn’t really a new “slopulism” idea but this public policy of “you will never have to pay anything ever” seems like a one way ticket to governance hell